pageantry

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English

Etymology

pageant +‎ -ry

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpæd͡ʒəntɹi/
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Noun

pageantry (countable and uncountable, plural pageantries)

  1. A pageant; a colourful show or display, as in a pageant.
    pomp and pageantry
    • c. 1607–1608, William Shakeſpeare, The Late, And much admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. , London: Imprinted at London for Henry Goſſon,  , published 1609, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
      That you aptly will suppose / What pageantry, what feats, what shows, / What minstrelsy, and pretty din, / The regent made in Mytilene / To greet the king.
    • 1849, Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers:
      The world seemed decked for some holiday or prouder pageantry, with silken streamers flying, ...
    • 2019 May 8, Barney Ronay, The Guardian:
      Anfield had been the usual portable pageantry of flags and banners and songs before kick-off. With the sky still blue above the away end the Barcelona fans stood and watched and took pictures and joined in the pre-match round of You’ll Never Walk Alone.
    • 2023 May 6, James Poniewozik, “Charles III Was Crowned King. But Can He Ever Be the Star?”, in The New York Times:
      But Harry, in his civilian suit, was also a reminder of the schism between the traditional and the modern in the royal family that can’t be drowned out by pageantry.

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